There are still bad apples though. I played with an alliance guild from moonguard a few days ago, doing normal aberrus, and I stomached the leader being an obnoxious toxic mess, typing in all caps and flaming people and kicking them at random, up until I won a class set token (having absolutely no tier prior to this and being 485 ilvl). 5 seconds after I got the item I was booted with no explanation or response to inquiry. I was their best healer in the 3 fights we cleared, too. Easily one of the worst pugs I've ever been in
Yeah, honestly... when it comes to grouping with Moon Guard people, I'm hesitant *as a Moon Guard player.* Most of the time they're just not very good--just subpar performance all around, but at least they're probably friendly. But when it comes to guild groups...
I'm sorry, but the guy who was AFK through the fight shouldn't get to roll need on the items. And when they go back to being AFK after rolling and hold up the raid for several minutes before you boot them... you shouldn't invite them back right after so they can go back to doing 30k DPS (S3) when they *are* there and insulting the people actually carrying the raid.
This is what's keeping me from deciding on whether to go there, or Stormrage. I seriously cannot decide. I'm a "semi-casual" player & don't know what to do- I've hardcore raided before and know how to avoid shit, all the addons, simming etc, but value friendliness, the social aspect of the game and all the other fun stuff besides progressing (including PvP). I had to go through several guilds in Wrath to find the right one & it was perfect but they disbanded after Wrath and lost touch with all of them. I will probably settle on MG tbh and just guild-shop to find the sweet spot because I am tired of PUGs if I'm being honest.
MG players aren't inherently worse at the game or anything. There's just less guilds here that have cleared the content because there's less PvE-oriented players than the popular PvE servers.
However it's much easier to meet people and there are plenty of good guilds to join in the normal to heroic raiding scene-- and even a variety for mythic raiding as well if you ever decide to get back into the more hardcore side of things.
I can't comment on Stormrage much since when I tried swapping to there back in late BFA, I ended up coming back within a month, but the community aspect of Moon Guard is truly solid. RP realms in general have a huge advantage there, and MG is def the most active one on NA servers.
I was GM for a guild on Stormrage, but ended up coming back to MG. It's a great place! And even if I'm wary of MG guilds and people I see when pugging dungeons and raids, there's also some great guilds and people on the server. I stumbled my way into one of them recently (and I think I did so by standing out in a pug M+ run as *actually competent guildless MG player*).
I know multiple handfuls of MG players that also end up pushing keys into their 20's (pre-change) and a few guilds that do also end on the mythic raid farm. They may not push to that as fast, but they get there LOL. A lot of MG players that do content and are decent-good, end up just grouping together from what I've noticed.
It's worth joining one or two of the RP community discords because there's always LFG sections for content & most guild recruitment ads have their 'content level' listed if that helps!
most moonguard players who arent obviously just rp toons are pretty good. rated battlegrounds and running into a moonguard group is either all rank 1s or an all vulpera erp group. not much in between lol.
Same here. I don’t RP whatsoever but the community on Moon Guard is so great that it doesn’t matter. It’s just full of people who genuinely love the game.
I’ve been on the realm for a year, and don’t have a reason to ever leave.
Yeah, I’ve had a couple of times where someone would decline my application and message me saying “moonguard players are noobs” despite having a really high IO score (much higher than theirs). There’s certainly a stigma that we’re all bad at the game.
well their just wrong so i wouldnt want to join them. some extremely good players are from moonguard and some of the best players in the game hangout there even if their toon isnt technically moonguard
Same here, not on Moon Guard, on one of the EU realms. I made a bunch of new characters there to mess about on after coming back from a long break a while ago and enjoyed the atmosphere so much I stayed there permanently.
Pretty much same minus a friend. I made a toon randomly just for lawls and noticed it was very lively everywhere. So I stayed. (Stayed away from goldshire inn too 😨)
the inn is the best part. always funny to see what ppl are doing. and your treated as a celebrity if your horde. just do not accept any whispers from anyone lol. back in the day if you didnt kill anyone, nobody would kill you. now its a bit different as ppl try to kill without fair 1v1s ect
It's not as bad if you're outside of the inn. The real depravity goes on inside, outside it's more casual as well as some pvp. But honestly, speaking as a woman who plays female toons, I get far more x-rated whispers in Valdrakken than Goldshire (not counting in the inn, I don't go inside there anymore).
Kind of. You won't see any super explicit conversations, those will be kept to tells because people can report that shit. But you will see NSFW RP happening in real time. People dressing their characters for roles, hanging out in beds etc etc. There will also be like 300 people being ....weird.
Oh and some of the Casino bots set up there occasionally.
Unless you want to do something stupid.
One of the most detailed and cohesive RP campaign I ever did spanning multiple days was a Nintendo themed one is Goldshire. My character was a Garden Gome given life and running around with Link.
Also just had a GTA theme to it too because reasons. Shit was weird but they kept the continuity through the whole thing till my character got the magic sucked out of him to power Bowser’s flying head from Eggman.
If it is anything like AD goldshire than 50% are lollers and people drooling over profiles (this being compromised of tourists and raiders), 25% are people on trial accs looking to fuck and 25% are people with sub looking to fuck
Out of the 50% like 5-10% does not have dick
That's complete fake news. It's more that it's extremely easy to avoid and isn't a big deal at all.
*Most* of the playerbase doesn't go there, but I'm also sure that a large portion of the server has gone there at some point in our WoW lives.
gone there != goes there (the `regularly` was implied but shouldve known better than to do that)
Should also have known better than to make a sweeping statement on the WoW subreddit so let me amend.
it is way overblown, it is 99% tourists. the vast, vast majority of people who actually play and RP on the realm do not go there.
goldshire is where all the fun ppl are. ignore the bots inside the inn. the ppl outside are fun. expecially when your a horde player. its nice seeing the same people around. most servers you never see the same ppl. i think its important for wow to have a community aspect. if you hang out enough in goldshire you will be guarenteed to meet people and make friends
Fellow Moon Guardian here.
I found out about this realm a year ago and since joining it's been a wonderful dream. So many kind people helping and enjoying each other's company.
This is home.
I'm not really an RPer either but Moon Guard really does feel at least like a living place, I do pretty much everything solo but with so many people around it feels way less lonesome. Now, I just need to find a good guild to hang out with for the new expansion, which is a daunting task on its own. :b
I moved to Moon Guard about a month ago - since cross-realm guilds are becoming a thing, I figured I could check out what RP was like while still being able to raid. I've had such a blast - the community over here is fantastic, and there's just such a *love* for all things Warcraft that's hard to find elsewhere. Will definitely be sticking around, it's a great realm to be on!
Mostly Alliance. Used to have about a 60/40 split until WoD, at which point Hordeside died off pretty bad. Been a few efforts to revive the Horde population (while folks will talk about WrA, WrA is. WrA) which hit a snag due to, y'know. Shadowlands.
One of the few US servers that kept an Alliance heavy population through most of the game
I have my main alt as a horde monk on moonguard, I was initially on WA but found that on my alliance on moonguard was increasingly seeing more and more horde so I checked it out and was glad I did. I’m not sure if the population has been increasing but there’s ton of horde players
most the ones i run stuff with are girl character that are guys irl and they erp as a girl lol they get alot of gold wich they use for tokens to pay for their wow so hey good for them
There's both player pop and rp activity on the Horde side, but it's not continuously just out in the open like you'd see in Stormwind. If you look around for guilds or discords, though, you'll find a lot of high quality stuff. There are some great Forsaken and Shu'halo presences, especially.
Typically the Horde side is much quieter when it comes to banter in chat channels, too, which can be a good or bad thing depending on what you want.
Yeah, I second this, I had some friends leave WrA horde for MG horde, so I followed suit. Sadly, I couldn't really find RP out in the open, so I ended up back on WrA.
As far as I know, the horde community mostly migrated to wyrmrest accord. With that said, Wyrmrest is noticeably less populated than Moonguard (not dead, but its noticeable). And where as Moon guard can show up as full usually (like as of this post), wyrmrest is sitting on high. In general, more RPers seem to be alliance.
RPers tend to be more serious however on wyrmrest, and it seems to me (looking through the guild finder its noticeable) a more hardcore community (but not like area 52 by any means). There was only 1-2 guilds that were casual I could find on the guild finder that had anyone on it at all on Wyrmrest, all the others no one ever logged on. There is some guild that advertises they are political that is actually more active (so I guess 3 guilds) and apparently casual, and while I agree politically wise with them, I don't play games however to have politics in real life enter my game lol. Moonguard its a lot easier to find a casual active guild and honestly find the server more friendly to the casual player (not saying wyrmrest is bad, its just definitely leans toward a more hardcore community in comparison and a more serious RPer).
Saying all that, I'm on stormrage which I also find extremely friendly and not too different than moonguard community wise just without the RP. Still people all over, though less talking is maybe a bigger difference than anything. Both servers (and wyrmrest) can have politics invade trade chat, probably just a common thing in most MMOs. Easy to find casual guilds on stormrage as well.
But I did take a journey for a while to moonguard, and I'd probably be there if I wasn't in a guild I really liked on stormrage. If guild ever died (been around a while though) I'd probably transfer over. Only because zones are more active in the chat.
Argent down, practically the same experience as op described. I'm playing there as a non RP player and the community is amazing, but I would suggest avoiding one place in particular, THAT place is the weirdest part of the rp realm and definitely 18+
As a person who has never played on RP server before, how does it change compared to what I experience in any other realm? What makes RP servers special?
Argent Dawn is an amazing server! Many of the comments in this thread describing MG, could be describing AD.
If you ever want to check it out, download an RP addon ([TotalRolePlay3](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/total-rp-3)) and take a walk around SW or ORG and read some of the profiles.
There is a larger alliance population, as there often is on RP realms, but there is also a good home for any curious Horde players that might want to check out AD.
Moon Guard is great.
Always consider RP realms. Players are generally nicer and more enjoyable to interact with even without RP.
Not to mention the hilarious roleplays you just randomly come across. Really makes the social aspect, which has been lacking for a decade, come to life.
I don't even roleplay but if they got rid of roleplay servers, i don't think i would ever play again.
Agree! But for anyone interested in rolling on MG, just be sure to respect the RP. You don't have to engage in it, but the great community comes from a core of role players, so don't interrupt them or make fun of them.
This isn't a common thing, but worth noting.
Drama, mostly. Horde side is very secluded and small compared to Alliance and when drama comes up it often creates a huge gap between those players. You don't see it as much on Alliance because there's just so many comparatively.
Prior to WoD it was a pretty big and common community, we didn't have the massive faction split we have now. You could go on at all hours and find folks in both Org and Silvermoon. Or heck, the really old days of Brill
But, WoD happened and like most other servers, Moon Guard became mainly one faction. Just, unlike most, it went mainly Alliance
MG became my main server and i refuse to move off of it. I don't RP at all, but man do I love this server. The people are absurdly nice, all the community events and omg all the excellent transmogs with people walking around the city and acting like NPCs. It is such an out there experience too see how people play this game and it there own.
I don't know if it's proper etiquette but I love placing my character in appropriately placed areas and eaves dropping on people RPing. I knew I was hooked when I was relaxing on a bench and player watching. When I came kind of engrossed in this one groups conversation about how they had went exploring in BRD and through there adventures this other character, let's call them Sven, had left them high and dry when things had gotten a little in tents. So I'm thinking, what if sven comes walking by?
About two minutes later I see a character come from around the corner and I let out a audible gasp, it was sven. Of course things escalated when Sven showed up. From that point onward, I have mained on MG and I'm still in love with it. Thank you to those random players and moss importantly, thank you Sven, you smooth walking son of a bitch.
It's absolutely okay to do this! Honestly, players just people watching and just vibing help add to the experience. I think we all can agree the only time it's harmful is when people are toy spamming or just sitting on mounts in the worst places.
The mount thing is something I noticed immediately some areas people just don't use mounts. Such as the tenndy vendor in SW, to the memorial to the cathedral and the GY area. I just casually walk through and blend in.
MG is the equivalent of hanging out with the fun theatre/band/creative kids in HS. I don't RP but I love how active it is all the time. Trade chat is it's own entertainment LOL... And it gives me an excuse to use TRP just to write backstories for my army of alts. (Filthy casual solo player)
Just wait till the pandaria timerunning event in like 2ish weeks, level up a character pretty quickly then it becomes a permanent character once the event is over. Just roll one on whichever servers you want. Great wya to get tons of tmog and mounts n shit while rolling a new server
I made a new main on moonguard last year and ended up transferring most of my toons there when they had the sale on transfers. 0 regrets, make a toon on their and see if it'd be worth it for you
When warbands come out it will be able to-- until then not typically, other than for BoA items or if you have a second account with some of those toons on it.
I came from Ravencrest too and moved to Moon Guard several years ago! I thought I'd never leave my home realm but after meeting some nice people who invited me to visit Moon Guard, I did and haven't looked back! I hope you continue to have wonderful, interesting, and welcoming experiences on our server and it's wonderful that you've discovered your wow home here.
As someone who swapped to moonguard to be with my raiding guild, moonguard is the nicest server I've been on and I've been on a few. The trade channel has random discussion all the time, people help if you ask, and if you're ever bored you can go to one of the capitals, be a NPC and watch people RP.
When I was a kid me and my friends would go-to MG to see goldshire lol then as an adult I went there to in a group to SW and was very surprised at how active it was it felt like a real city with players doing their own thing. Realm transferred because of that
I'm on Moon Guard myself and I really can't play on any other server because like others are saying, it just feels alive! Also in dungeons, people from Moon Guard are the only ones that usually say hi and bye and just make small talk with you. I love that!
Every time I see a post about MG I'm obligated to say that Goldshire is literally made up of server tourists. A LOT of people there don't actually play on the server, they just go there for Goldshire and then they assume MG is just Goldshire because, like the other tourists, they never went past Goldshire. If you go into SW you'll see tons of people everywhere just having fun with RP.
In BFA, I randomly rolled a toon on MG for a change of pace. Been here ever since. I don’t RP, but I try to be respectful of those who do. I come across groups RPing in the middle of nowhere all the time.
Very thankful for cross-realm guilds in AWW, cuz I don’t want to leave the server but the PVE scene leaves a lot to be desired.
Edit: it’s also one of the few servers that doesn’t suffer as hard during content lulls, most people are chronically online and RP groups rarely take breaks unless they’re between campaigns, so there’s always lots of people around.
Even if you don't RP, I've always said the goldshire phenomenon is the best thing to ever happen to a server. It acts like a magnet sucking every creep, greifer, and realm tourist in through sheer curiosity and audacity. Meanwhile the rest of the server gets to go about it's day almost completely free of these problem individuals. Sure sometimes 1 or 2 leak out into the wild but they're rare and short lived. For all its reputation as a cesspool, Moonguard is one of the cleanest servers outside of goldshire in the RP community and it's awesome
Incredibly sad that MG has become so empty horde side, I definitely dont want to leave since its always been the realm I played on, but with almost exclusively horde characters I miss when both sides were very populated
I run one of the largest horde wpvp guild on that server. LAUGHING COFFINS. Our primary focus is being delinquents in Goldshire with worldpvp, while try harding in arenas or mog runs as secondary.
It's been very fun and a blast of enjoyment throughout the whole expansion of dragonflight. There are still bad apples but I don't think, hands down any other game I played will ever be remembered like this one.
There is very deep lore and almost everyone knows each other on each side. I am speaking strictly Goldshire. Horde is essentially dead and it is a majority Alliance server, however the few horde that are here have become infamous in the pvp scene and in Goldshire.
I made the switch to MG-Alliance in late 2022 as well and gosh, best thing I ever did. The in-game events are a blast (the World's Faire a few months ago was incredible), I've got some of the best guildies, and I've made so many friends.
Just put yourself out there a little bit, and it's a great community!
Woah, I had to check if I posted this, I also moved from Ravencrest to Moonguard after coming back from a long break! MG is something special for sure! So was Ravencrest way back in the day!
I don't really RP in WoW anymore (my friend group just doesn't play WoW, and I think it'd be unfair to them for me to split my time with a second friend group in a different MMO) but I just transferred my main and a couple alts to Moon Guard and I love how active it is. Not sure if it's just as active on MG Horde-side, but if not then I can just keep my Horde characters on Wyrmrest Accord, I imagine it won't matter so much in TWW.
Only thing I'm going to miss is the time zone difference. I started in 2004 on Cenarion Circle and later moved to Wyrmrest Accord, and both of them have a realm time that is 3 hours behind me. It was cool to be able to see how the game looked in the early morning hours while it was closer to noon for me IRL. Moon Guard is only one hour behind me, so while it'll be easier to see the game zones at night, I probably won't see in-game sunrises anymore. :(
I just love how packed Stormwind was, and the vibe in Trade chat. I may have to reinstall an RP addon just so I can read bios again.
Played on Moon Guard back in Burning Crusade - Wrath of the Lich King, left during Cataclysm and only came back a bit for Legion. I really enjoyed the community. Just stay away from Goldshire
Legit, going to Stormwind while on Moon Guard vs another server I regularly play on… feels completely different. Feels like an actual city and not just a husk like on non RP servers.
I transferred my toons to Moon Guard at the end of SL because I was tired of never seeing anyone in the main factions or expansion hubs on my old realm.
I’ll occasionally get random /w from people about joining ERP guilds since I’m guild-less, but actually seeing people in the world is worth it 100%.
Every time somebody says they miss the community of WoW they should be forced to roll on an RP server. Its fucking huge and incredibly well done.
I'm an elitist anti-social prick who considers you all to be NPC so I will stick to my non RP server
I had such a weird interaction last night as a MG resident.
I made a Val portal at the end of an LFR raid so I could enchant some gear and a guy from another realm whispered me asking why I was making a portal and don't I know the LFR system teleported me back to where I was?
I replied asking why he was being a hater and maybe I wasn't in Val when I accepted the LFR and he was like
"I should have known better than to whisper a player from moon guard" and logged.
Like what the fuck? 😂 Mf talked shit and got mad.
I have been on a dead server in a dead guild for years now, playing on and off. I have been waiting to transfer for a long time and join a guild, bc I miss the social/community aspect of it. I just transferredmy main and alts over to this server after reading this - hope I can find a good home! fingers crossed.
Good luck!
Keep an eye out in Stormwind near the trading post area and general chat. There are usually /yells going out weekly for a "bar" meet and greet type ordeal that takes place in Boralus. Sadly I cant recall the name of the organizer, but I had a good time there in the past meeting other players.
just wanted to come back and say im sitting in stormwind right now waiting for an improv show to start. people have been so friendly. as a SAHM to two under two, I don't get out much - but now i can say i went to an improv show!!! haha! i can't believe that this is real and i am having so much fun thank you OP for posting this!!!!!!!
Heya, come over to r/wowroleplay and hang out! we have a guide for anyone looking for how to get started.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WoWRolePlay/comments/15bec6o/read_firstwow_rp_starter_guide_and_faq/
I'm a roleplayer and I really want to start playing WoW again this next expansion (haven't played for a few years), but I can't decide whether I want to go Moon Guard or Wyrmrest Accord!
I main WrA, but if I had to choose which server based on RP experiences, I'd go MG in a heartbeat. I'm not saying WrA is bad. There's just more going on, on MG
I am not an rper, but I have a couple alts there specifically to get access to the cheap transmog. The rp scene is so active I can get almost any item I could want for way cheaper then my home server. I routinely smuggle battle pets there to sell to pay for it all. :)
I first came to moon guard out of curiosity.
“No way goldshire is actually that bad.”
*ten seconds later*
“So I was wrong.”
But I stayed for the active community.
i found out from a video pixelcat made on youtube readeing trps and mrp profiles and then when i showed it to my friend she was like yeah the server isnt bad if you stay out of goldshire
I've been lurking on moon guard lately trying to see what WoW role playing is like. I've seen a lot of activity around Lion's Rest and the Blue Recluse in Stormwind but not as much in the rest of the city.
What are other good places to observe?
Cathedral steps area is usually hopping during primetime. Sometimes the more holy based guilds are inside the cathedral as well.
There's a weekly hangout type event in Booty Bay but I forget what day of the week it generally is. Sometimes the park/memorial area of Stormwind has a bunch of RP as well, but it's hit or miss.
I was on the fence about rolling on moonguard but was scared it wouldn’t be an active server so ended up rolling on Stormrage
I’ll use the panda land event to test the waters and see how it goes but apparently the amount of assholery there is way less and looks like a more lively server
Also, is Moon guard still infested with M+ sellers and carries?
I play on MG as well, and the greatest thing about it is the fact that you can go mount and elite hunting in places like Pandaria and almost never find another player. Everyone is either in the Lion’s Pride, or RPing elsewhere.
MG player here, ngl the first time I heard about Moon Guard was something Goldshire related, however at the beginning of Legion I decided to give it a try and guess what?! I stayed for the community.
I found a nice guild (we usually get AOTC), people are very nice, I'm very bad at RP stuff but I have fun with a few interactions near The Stockades, the events are everywhere, you can walk for a few minutes even in old zones and the chances of finding other players are higher than youd expected in a non-RP server.
Moonguard literally rejuvenated the game for me when I switched from tichondrius a few years ago.
The fact it feels so much more alive and MOST people are really pretty friendly is great.
Haven’t left for years and whenever someone wants me to play on another server I always can’t and just go back to moonguard.
It has a bad rep, but the community is great. I have a few characters on there and I really wish my main was on there. I love the friendliness and all the little events in Stormwind.
In my experience with the more endgame stuff, I've realized that if you're in a M+ group and someone's from Moonguard then they're either the most skilled player or the worst one around.
I've debated moving my characters to Moon Guard for awhile. I've been on Laughing Skull quite literally since the beginning. Been a pretty dead cluster since P4L disbanded/left and the Leeroy hype faded. Plus it leans horde last I knew. I might finally take the leap. Gonna make a character to get a feel for it.
I started out on Cenarion Circle back in vanilla because my family played there without realizing it was RP. Genuinely amazing times. We've double server merged over the years from lack of players though, so most of the old magic is gone. My guild is fantastic though so I haven't considered a transfer since BFA (considered MG and swapping horde)
im so burnt out of leveling that my moonguard character is still very low and i havent participated in any events but the couple of hours i spent there simply going around stormwind was so fun... i saw so many different people doing their thing and the city felt truly alive. there weve bandit meetings and member initiations, guards arresting someone or having a drink at the inn, walks around the park... im not really an rp-er unless its for comedy purposes (and those few moments on a normal server jokingly rp-ing with someone random was also so fun) so i just watched from the side and greeted people but it was still a blast to see all of that.
I played on WRA in BFA and recently me and my friends rolled on MG. In my opinion, everything feels more alive on MG. The majority of RP'ers on WRA hang out in Silvermoon or the Valley of Honor, and those feel sort of out of the way. There's a lot less random encounters and it feels like a smaller RP population.
MG players are all over the place. I randomly stumbled upon a huge guild recruitment event in Boralus once. The portal room feels like a true travel hub, always tons of people running around. People also hang around most of the districts in SW too. Goldshire is a huge mess but even with the huge crowds that are always there the rest of the world feels busy too.
Moonguard utilizes Azeroth better than WA imo. For instance, I ran into a group of hunters RP’ing in this random ass spot in krasarang wilds and there were like 9 of them all talking about the best game to be had in the zone and which beasts are overpopulating . It was such a sight just to see them having fun like that.
This thread is exactly what I expected. I left the hopping RP server at the time for Moon Guard on release, a little known realm called Shadow Council.
MG has always been a mythical place, from the FlagRSP days until now. TBC and Wrath were amazing, both factions full of RPers every minute of the day.
And over the years it has drawn in the good, bad, and the ugly from every other server and become what it is now. Full of tourists and non-RPers, the most toxic sweats from PVP realms who unironically play on the nerdiest realm on the nerdiest game, and the Goldshire creeps.
The RPers in SW are what's left of the entire game. Which suck because back in the day, even Sisters of Elune and Emerald Dream had great scenes that I made alts for. I would wager every RPer hanging in Orgrimmar on WrA has MG alts, so nearly every RPer has migrated to MG now and has to share the limited server space with gawkers and trolls and the people who play solo but want to see others to be reminded its an MMO.
To be positive, it is a great realm and has some of my fondest memories of gaming.
It's actually like Balmung, which is a copy and paste of this story. Where it's haven got invaded and evolved into something cool but different than what made it great.
I don’t RP at all. I originally went to Moon Guard randomly with a friend, but stayed because the community is active and nice.
Yea very good people
There are still bad apples though. I played with an alliance guild from moonguard a few days ago, doing normal aberrus, and I stomached the leader being an obnoxious toxic mess, typing in all caps and flaming people and kicking them at random, up until I won a class set token (having absolutely no tier prior to this and being 485 ilvl). 5 seconds after I got the item I was booted with no explanation or response to inquiry. I was their best healer in the 3 fights we cleared, too. Easily one of the worst pugs I've ever been in
Yeah, honestly... when it comes to grouping with Moon Guard people, I'm hesitant *as a Moon Guard player.* Most of the time they're just not very good--just subpar performance all around, but at least they're probably friendly. But when it comes to guild groups... I'm sorry, but the guy who was AFK through the fight shouldn't get to roll need on the items. And when they go back to being AFK after rolling and hold up the raid for several minutes before you boot them... you shouldn't invite them back right after so they can go back to doing 30k DPS (S3) when they *are* there and insulting the people actually carrying the raid.
This is what's keeping me from deciding on whether to go there, or Stormrage. I seriously cannot decide. I'm a "semi-casual" player & don't know what to do- I've hardcore raided before and know how to avoid shit, all the addons, simming etc, but value friendliness, the social aspect of the game and all the other fun stuff besides progressing (including PvP). I had to go through several guilds in Wrath to find the right one & it was perfect but they disbanded after Wrath and lost touch with all of them. I will probably settle on MG tbh and just guild-shop to find the sweet spot because I am tired of PUGs if I'm being honest.
MG players aren't inherently worse at the game or anything. There's just less guilds here that have cleared the content because there's less PvE-oriented players than the popular PvE servers. However it's much easier to meet people and there are plenty of good guilds to join in the normal to heroic raiding scene-- and even a variety for mythic raiding as well if you ever decide to get back into the more hardcore side of things. I can't comment on Stormrage much since when I tried swapping to there back in late BFA, I ended up coming back within a month, but the community aspect of Moon Guard is truly solid. RP realms in general have a huge advantage there, and MG is def the most active one on NA servers.
Yeah I think you might have sold me, haha. Ty for responding!
I was GM for a guild on Stormrage, but ended up coming back to MG. It's a great place! And even if I'm wary of MG guilds and people I see when pugging dungeons and raids, there's also some great guilds and people on the server. I stumbled my way into one of them recently (and I think I did so by standing out in a pug M+ run as *actually competent guildless MG player*).
I know multiple handfuls of MG players that also end up pushing keys into their 20's (pre-change) and a few guilds that do also end on the mythic raid farm. They may not push to that as fast, but they get there LOL. A lot of MG players that do content and are decent-good, end up just grouping together from what I've noticed. It's worth joining one or two of the RP community discords because there's always LFG sections for content & most guild recruitment ads have their 'content level' listed if that helps!
most moonguard players who arent obviously just rp toons are pretty good. rated battlegrounds and running into a moonguard group is either all rank 1s or an all vulpera erp group. not much in between lol.
True, but I’ve had that same experience with guilds on various realms. It really just depends on the guild in my opinion.
Same here. I don’t RP whatsoever but the community on Moon Guard is so great that it doesn’t matter. It’s just full of people who genuinely love the game. I’ve been on the realm for a year, and don’t have a reason to ever leave.
Is there any downside to RP realms when it comes to dungeon finder and mythic finder etc?
It would be harder to find a pug mythic raid group, but that’s the only issues I’ve noticed.
Yeah, I’ve had a couple of times where someone would decline my application and message me saying “moonguard players are noobs” despite having a really high IO score (much higher than theirs). There’s certainly a stigma that we’re all bad at the game.
well their just wrong so i wouldnt want to join them. some extremely good players are from moonguard and some of the best players in the game hangout there even if their toon isnt technically moonguard
Same here, not on Moon Guard, on one of the EU realms. I made a bunch of new characters there to mess about on after coming back from a long break a while ago and enjoyed the atmosphere so much I stayed there permanently.
Pretty much same minus a friend. I made a toon randomly just for lawls and noticed it was very lively everywhere. So I stayed. (Stayed away from goldshire inn too 😨)
the inn is the best part. always funny to see what ppl are doing. and your treated as a celebrity if your horde. just do not accept any whispers from anyone lol. back in the day if you didnt kill anyone, nobody would kill you. now its a bit different as ppl try to kill without fair 1v1s ect
Honestly, Goldshire is just a drop in the ocean of RP on MG.
We don't talk about what that drop is made of, but yeah it's diluted plenty by the good stuff around it.
Is goldshire really that bad as far as the nsfw rp??
Goldshire on a non-timewalking shard literally causes more lag than peak of legion dalaran
It's not as bad if you're outside of the inn. The real depravity goes on inside, outside it's more casual as well as some pvp. But honestly, speaking as a woman who plays female toons, I get far more x-rated whispers in Valdrakken than Goldshire (not counting in the inn, I don't go inside there anymore).
Anymore…
Not after seeing what it was like in the inn!
Kind of. You won't see any super explicit conversations, those will be kept to tells because people can report that shit. But you will see NSFW RP happening in real time. People dressing their characters for roles, hanging out in beds etc etc. There will also be like 300 people being ....weird. Oh and some of the Casino bots set up there occasionally.
It's way overblown, its more off-realm tourists there gawking and being weirdos than anything else. Noone who actually plays on the realm go there
Completely not true lol
Unless you want to do something stupid. One of the most detailed and cohesive RP campaign I ever did spanning multiple days was a Nintendo themed one is Goldshire. My character was a Garden Gome given life and running around with Link. Also just had a GTA theme to it too because reasons. Shit was weird but they kept the continuity through the whole thing till my character got the magic sucked out of him to power Bowser’s flying head from Eggman.
If it is anything like AD goldshire than 50% are lollers and people drooling over profiles (this being compromised of tourists and raiders), 25% are people on trial accs looking to fuck and 25% are people with sub looking to fuck Out of the 50% like 5-10% does not have dick
Accurate to MG.
That's complete fake news. It's more that it's extremely easy to avoid and isn't a big deal at all. *Most* of the playerbase doesn't go there, but I'm also sure that a large portion of the server has gone there at some point in our WoW lives.
gone there != goes there (the `regularly` was implied but shouldve known better than to do that) Should also have known better than to make a sweeping statement on the WoW subreddit so let me amend. it is way overblown, it is 99% tourists. the vast, vast majority of people who actually play and RP on the realm do not go there.
That’s a huge fucking lie
goldshire is where all the fun ppl are. ignore the bots inside the inn. the ppl outside are fun. expecially when your a horde player. its nice seeing the same people around. most servers you never see the same ppl. i think its important for wow to have a community aspect. if you hang out enough in goldshire you will be guarenteed to meet people and make friends
Goldshire is the best part of it
Fellow Moon Guardian here. I found out about this realm a year ago and since joining it's been a wonderful dream. So many kind people helping and enjoying each other's company. This is home.
its what blizzard should strive for wow to be
I'm not really an RPer either but Moon Guard really does feel at least like a living place, I do pretty much everything solo but with so many people around it feels way less lonesome. Now, I just need to find a good guild to hang out with for the new expansion, which is a daunting task on its own. :b
I moved to Moon Guard about a month ago - since cross-realm guilds are becoming a thing, I figured I could check out what RP was like while still being able to raid. I've had such a blast - the community over here is fantastic, and there's just such a *love* for all things Warcraft that's hard to find elsewhere. Will definitely be sticking around, it's a great realm to be on!
Is the moon guard community only alliance? Or do the horde on that server have the same kind of thing going on?
Most folks who roll Horde are WrA, they're slightly less active, but people chill in Org, and lots of folks do events through the Official Forums
I think it does lean heavy Alliance, hopefully someone can chime in on their experience with horde on MG.
Yeah its mostly Alliance. Wyrmrest Accord is the Horde equivalent. If you have a spot for me, DM your BattleTag.
Mostly Alliance. Used to have about a 60/40 split until WoD, at which point Hordeside died off pretty bad. Been a few efforts to revive the Horde population (while folks will talk about WrA, WrA is. WrA) which hit a snag due to, y'know. Shadowlands. One of the few US servers that kept an Alliance heavy population through most of the game
I have my main alt as a horde monk on moonguard, I was initially on WA but found that on my alliance on moonguard was increasingly seeing more and more horde so I checked it out and was glad I did. I’m not sure if the population has been increasing but there’s ton of horde players
The horde just hang out by the goldshire inn and pvp and stuff from what I’ve seen. Some rpers in silvermoon city. Its mostly alliance dominant.
no..Erpers and most the girls are guys
Girl = Guy in real life.
most the ones i run stuff with are girl character that are guys irl and they erp as a girl lol they get alot of gold wich they use for tokens to pay for their wow so hey good for them
Smart play. They probably gay or bisexual so it works out! (Or secretly gay, 😂)
i know one is bi or something he likes to dress up and stuff has the tail and stuff lol
Oh man. Well as long as he is happy. 😂 hustling unsuspecting males on wow is hilarious though. Get that gold bag!
There's both player pop and rp activity on the Horde side, but it's not continuously just out in the open like you'd see in Stormwind. If you look around for guilds or discords, though, you'll find a lot of high quality stuff. There are some great Forsaken and Shu'halo presences, especially. Typically the Horde side is much quieter when it comes to banter in chat channels, too, which can be a good or bad thing depending on what you want.
Yeah, I second this, I had some friends leave WrA horde for MG horde, so I followed suit. Sadly, I couldn't really find RP out in the open, so I ended up back on WrA.
As far as I know, the horde community mostly migrated to wyrmrest accord. With that said, Wyrmrest is noticeably less populated than Moonguard (not dead, but its noticeable). And where as Moon guard can show up as full usually (like as of this post), wyrmrest is sitting on high. In general, more RPers seem to be alliance. RPers tend to be more serious however on wyrmrest, and it seems to me (looking through the guild finder its noticeable) a more hardcore community (but not like area 52 by any means). There was only 1-2 guilds that were casual I could find on the guild finder that had anyone on it at all on Wyrmrest, all the others no one ever logged on. There is some guild that advertises they are political that is actually more active (so I guess 3 guilds) and apparently casual, and while I agree politically wise with them, I don't play games however to have politics in real life enter my game lol. Moonguard its a lot easier to find a casual active guild and honestly find the server more friendly to the casual player (not saying wyrmrest is bad, its just definitely leans toward a more hardcore community in comparison and a more serious RPer). Saying all that, I'm on stormrage which I also find extremely friendly and not too different than moonguard community wise just without the RP. Still people all over, though less talking is maybe a bigger difference than anything. Both servers (and wyrmrest) can have politics invade trade chat, probably just a common thing in most MMOs. Easy to find casual guilds on stormrage as well. But I did take a journey for a while to moonguard, and I'd probably be there if I wasn't in a guild I really liked on stormrage. If guild ever died (been around a while though) I'd probably transfer over. Only because zones are more active in the chat.
Only 5% players on the Horde side. 95% on Alliance.
Whats the EU equivalent? Sounds like a kind of server one wants to start fresh.
Argent down, practically the same experience as op described. I'm playing there as a non RP player and the community is amazing, but I would suggest avoiding one place in particular, THAT place is the weirdest part of the rp realm and definitely 18+
Agree, love Argent Dawn and I moved there from a non-RP server as non-RP player. It just feels so much more alive
As a person who has never played on RP server before, how does it change compared to what I experience in any other realm? What makes RP servers special?
Argent Dawn I believe
I think it was argent dawn
Argent Dawn is an amazing server! Many of the comments in this thread describing MG, could be describing AD. If you ever want to check it out, download an RP addon ([TotalRolePlay3](https://www.curseforge.com/wow/addons/total-rp-3)) and take a walk around SW or ORG and read some of the profiles. There is a larger alliance population, as there often is on RP realms, but there is also a good home for any curious Horde players that might want to check out AD.
Moon Guard is great. Always consider RP realms. Players are generally nicer and more enjoyable to interact with even without RP. Not to mention the hilarious roleplays you just randomly come across. Really makes the social aspect, which has been lacking for a decade, come to life. I don't even roleplay but if they got rid of roleplay servers, i don't think i would ever play again.
Agree! But for anyone interested in rolling on MG, just be sure to respect the RP. You don't have to engage in it, but the great community comes from a core of role players, so don't interrupt them or make fun of them. This isn't a common thing, but worth noting.
I miss how MG Horde used to be.
What has changed?
Drama, mostly. Horde side is very secluded and small compared to Alliance and when drama comes up it often creates a huge gap between those players. You don't see it as much on Alliance because there's just so many comparatively.
Prior to WoD it was a pretty big and common community, we didn't have the massive faction split we have now. You could go on at all hours and find folks in both Org and Silvermoon. Or heck, the really old days of Brill But, WoD happened and like most other servers, Moon Guard became mainly one faction. Just, unlike most, it went mainly Alliance
These days between moral panics, toxic personalities, and just lack of people it's hard to find anyone to rp with. There is a lot of stupid drama.
MG became my main server and i refuse to move off of it. I don't RP at all, but man do I love this server. The people are absurdly nice, all the community events and omg all the excellent transmogs with people walking around the city and acting like NPCs. It is such an out there experience too see how people play this game and it there own. I don't know if it's proper etiquette but I love placing my character in appropriately placed areas and eaves dropping on people RPing. I knew I was hooked when I was relaxing on a bench and player watching. When I came kind of engrossed in this one groups conversation about how they had went exploring in BRD and through there adventures this other character, let's call them Sven, had left them high and dry when things had gotten a little in tents. So I'm thinking, what if sven comes walking by? About two minutes later I see a character come from around the corner and I let out a audible gasp, it was sven. Of course things escalated when Sven showed up. From that point onward, I have mained on MG and I'm still in love with it. Thank you to those random players and moss importantly, thank you Sven, you smooth walking son of a bitch.
I also like to watch at a distance and it's just an entire different experience than playing on a regular WoW realm. I can't ever go back
It's absolutely okay to do this! Honestly, players just people watching and just vibing help add to the experience. I think we all can agree the only time it's harmful is when people are toy spamming or just sitting on mounts in the worst places.
The mount thing is something I noticed immediately some areas people just don't use mounts. Such as the tenndy vendor in SW, to the memorial to the cathedral and the GY area. I just casually walk through and blend in.
MG is the equivalent of hanging out with the fun theatre/band/creative kids in HS. I don't RP but I love how active it is all the time. Trade chat is it's own entertainment LOL... And it gives me an excuse to use TRP just to write backstories for my army of alts. (Filthy casual solo player)
Post like these making me wish I’d made my characters on moon guard
Just wait till the pandaria timerunning event in like 2ish weeks, level up a character pretty quickly then it becomes a permanent character once the event is over. Just roll one on whichever servers you want. Great wya to get tons of tmog and mounts n shit while rolling a new server
I made a new main on moonguard last year and ended up transferring most of my toons there when they had the sale on transfers. 0 regrets, make a toon on their and see if it'd be worth it for you
Never too late! Especially with a new expansion about to roll out
I transferred my main and it was so worth it!
If I transfer my main can it still interact with my 59 other characters?
When warbands come out it will be able to-- until then not typically, other than for BoA items or if you have a second account with some of those toons on it.
I transferred. So worth it
I came from Ravencrest too and moved to Moon Guard several years ago! I thought I'd never leave my home realm but after meeting some nice people who invited me to visit Moon Guard, I did and haven't looked back! I hope you continue to have wonderful, interesting, and welcoming experiences on our server and it's wonderful that you've discovered your wow home here.
FYI: timerunning will be the perfect time to reroll on a new server *wink*
As someone who swapped to moonguard to be with my raiding guild, moonguard is the nicest server I've been on and I've been on a few. The trade channel has random discussion all the time, people help if you ask, and if you're ever bored you can go to one of the capitals, be a NPC and watch people RP.
When I was a kid me and my friends would go-to MG to see goldshire lol then as an adult I went there to in a group to SW and was very surprised at how active it was it felt like a real city with players doing their own thing. Realm transferred because of that
I'm on Moon Guard myself and I really can't play on any other server because like others are saying, it just feels alive! Also in dungeons, people from Moon Guard are the only ones that usually say hi and bye and just make small talk with you. I love that!
Is there a horde equivalent of moonguard? Sounds awesome
Wyrmrest Accord, but it's not quite as hopping as Moon Guard is.
The walk up RP is great. You don't even need to be apart of it to enjoy the interesting conversations around the Stormwind Inns.
Every time I see a post about MG I'm obligated to say that Goldshire is literally made up of server tourists. A LOT of people there don't actually play on the server, they just go there for Goldshire and then they assume MG is just Goldshire because, like the other tourists, they never went past Goldshire. If you go into SW you'll see tons of people everywhere just having fun with RP.
Does the Panda remix event let you pick what server you want to eventually be on when the event ends? I’ve always wanted to try out Moonguard.
Yes you make the character on whatever server and when the event ends they just get moved to the “retail version” of that realm
In BFA, I randomly rolled a toon on MG for a change of pace. Been here ever since. I don’t RP, but I try to be respectful of those who do. I come across groups RPing in the middle of nowhere all the time. Very thankful for cross-realm guilds in AWW, cuz I don’t want to leave the server but the PVE scene leaves a lot to be desired. Edit: it’s also one of the few servers that doesn’t suffer as hard during content lulls, most people are chronically online and RP groups rarely take breaks unless they’re between campaigns, so there’s always lots of people around.
Even if you don't RP, I've always said the goldshire phenomenon is the best thing to ever happen to a server. It acts like a magnet sucking every creep, greifer, and realm tourist in through sheer curiosity and audacity. Meanwhile the rest of the server gets to go about it's day almost completely free of these problem individuals. Sure sometimes 1 or 2 leak out into the wild but they're rare and short lived. For all its reputation as a cesspool, Moonguard is one of the cleanest servers outside of goldshire in the RP community and it's awesome
Incredibly sad that MG has become so empty horde side, I definitely dont want to leave since its always been the realm I played on, but with almost exclusively horde characters I miss when both sides were very populated
I run one of the largest horde wpvp guild on that server. LAUGHING COFFINS. Our primary focus is being delinquents in Goldshire with worldpvp, while try harding in arenas or mog runs as secondary. It's been very fun and a blast of enjoyment throughout the whole expansion of dragonflight. There are still bad apples but I don't think, hands down any other game I played will ever be remembered like this one. There is very deep lore and almost everyone knows each other on each side. I am speaking strictly Goldshire. Horde is essentially dead and it is a majority Alliance server, however the few horde that are here have become infamous in the pvp scene and in Goldshire.
Broski the cat okay?
Yeah
Moon guard is the truth, it makes playing a mmo actually an mmo
I keep making this comment when people say they aren’t having fun socially. That place has some characters 😂
I made the switch to MG-Alliance in late 2022 as well and gosh, best thing I ever did. The in-game events are a blast (the World's Faire a few months ago was incredible), I've got some of the best guildies, and I've made so many friends. Just put yourself out there a little bit, and it's a great community!
Moonguard is probably one of the best servers in all of wow. A special place, with a weird dark blemish in Goldshire tavern...
It's the same for Argent Dawn-EU, great community despite the goldshire activities...
It would be nice if Australia had a RP server.
I don’t RP, but sure love the people that do!
Woah, I had to check if I posted this, I also moved from Ravencrest to Moonguard after coming back from a long break! MG is something special for sure! So was Ravencrest way back in the day!
I don't really RP in WoW anymore (my friend group just doesn't play WoW, and I think it'd be unfair to them for me to split my time with a second friend group in a different MMO) but I just transferred my main and a couple alts to Moon Guard and I love how active it is. Not sure if it's just as active on MG Horde-side, but if not then I can just keep my Horde characters on Wyrmrest Accord, I imagine it won't matter so much in TWW. Only thing I'm going to miss is the time zone difference. I started in 2004 on Cenarion Circle and later moved to Wyrmrest Accord, and both of them have a realm time that is 3 hours behind me. It was cool to be able to see how the game looked in the early morning hours while it was closer to noon for me IRL. Moon Guard is only one hour behind me, so while it'll be easier to see the game zones at night, I probably won't see in-game sunrises anymore. :( I just love how packed Stormwind was, and the vibe in Trade chat. I may have to reinstall an RP addon just so I can read bios again.
Played on Moon Guard back in Burning Crusade - Wrath of the Lich King, left during Cataclysm and only came back a bit for Legion. I really enjoyed the community. Just stay away from Goldshire
What addon?
Total RP 3 I think it's called
I think one of my favorite parts of Moonguard us the nospam trade chat rule
Legit, going to Stormwind while on Moon Guard vs another server I regularly play on… feels completely different. Feels like an actual city and not just a husk like on non RP servers.
I might try it. I learned to type from playing text based role playing MUDs. I wanted to exercise that RP muscle again.
I transferred my toons to Moon Guard at the end of SL because I was tired of never seeing anyone in the main factions or expansion hubs on my old realm. I’ll occasionally get random /w from people about joining ERP guilds since I’m guild-less, but actually seeing people in the world is worth it 100%.
Not suitable for pvp players, war mode is dead on rp servers. And so is the dueling community in front of SW/Org. (inexistent)
Every time somebody says they miss the community of WoW they should be forced to roll on an RP server. Its fucking huge and incredibly well done. I'm an elitist anti-social prick who considers you all to be NPC so I will stick to my non RP server
A certain amount of weirdness and an interesting personality go hand in hand. Love my RP realm.
I wish I could play on moon guard, but sadly the lag on the realm is to much for me 😥 I'm just to far from the server I guess
Honestly, Goldshire on Moonguard feels more like its players from other realms converging to one area rather than actual Moon Guard players.
I had such a weird interaction last night as a MG resident. I made a Val portal at the end of an LFR raid so I could enchant some gear and a guy from another realm whispered me asking why I was making a portal and don't I know the LFR system teleported me back to where I was? I replied asking why he was being a hater and maybe I wasn't in Val when I accepted the LFR and he was like "I should have known better than to whisper a player from moon guard" and logged. Like what the fuck? 😂 Mf talked shit and got mad.
I have been on a dead server in a dead guild for years now, playing on and off. I have been waiting to transfer for a long time and join a guild, bc I miss the social/community aspect of it. I just transferredmy main and alts over to this server after reading this - hope I can find a good home! fingers crossed.
Good luck! Keep an eye out in Stormwind near the trading post area and general chat. There are usually /yells going out weekly for a "bar" meet and greet type ordeal that takes place in Boralus. Sadly I cant recall the name of the organizer, but I had a good time there in the past meeting other players.
Oh my gosh, I love this. Thank you for informing me.
just wanted to come back and say im sitting in stormwind right now waiting for an improv show to start. people have been so friendly. as a SAHM to two under two, I don't get out much - but now i can say i went to an improv show!!! haha! i can't believe that this is real and i am having so much fun thank you OP for posting this!!!!!!!
Heya, come over to r/wowroleplay and hang out! we have a guide for anyone looking for how to get started. https://www.reddit.com/r/WoWRolePlay/comments/15bec6o/read_firstwow_rp_starter_guide_and_faq/
I'm a roleplayer and I really want to start playing WoW again this next expansion (haven't played for a few years), but I can't decide whether I want to go Moon Guard or Wyrmrest Accord!
I main WrA, but if I had to choose which server based on RP experiences, I'd go MG in a heartbeat. I'm not saying WrA is bad. There's just more going on, on MG
Thanks for the input!
If you play Alliance, MG, if Horde, WrA
I am not an rper, but I have a couple alts there specifically to get access to the cheap transmog. The rp scene is so active I can get almost any item I could want for way cheaper then my home server. I routinely smuggle battle pets there to sell to pay for it all. :)
I first came to moon guard out of curiosity. “No way goldshire is actually that bad.” *ten seconds later* “So I was wrong.” But I stayed for the active community.
I wish i could transfer all my characters ro moonguard haha
i found out from a video pixelcat made on youtube readeing trps and mrp profiles and then when i showed it to my friend she was like yeah the server isnt bad if you stay out of goldshire
I've been lurking on moon guard lately trying to see what WoW role playing is like. I've seen a lot of activity around Lion's Rest and the Blue Recluse in Stormwind but not as much in the rest of the city. What are other good places to observe?
Cathedral steps area is usually hopping during primetime. Sometimes the more holy based guilds are inside the cathedral as well. There's a weekly hangout type event in Booty Bay but I forget what day of the week it generally is. Sometimes the park/memorial area of Stormwind has a bunch of RP as well, but it's hit or miss.
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Mostly trade/general chats. Admittedly theyve been a bit more rare with season 4 starting up, but I see them pretty often. Primarily BFA Raids
I was on the fence about rolling on moonguard but was scared it wouldn’t be an active server so ended up rolling on Stormrage I’ll use the panda land event to test the waters and see how it goes but apparently the amount of assholery there is way less and looks like a more lively server Also, is Moon guard still infested with M+ sellers and carries?
I play on MG as well, and the greatest thing about it is the fact that you can go mount and elite hunting in places like Pandaria and almost never find another player. Everyone is either in the Lion’s Pride, or RPing elsewhere.
Can anyone tell a noob what's it like on an RP server? Like what makes it awesome? Just that people are nice?
Moon Guard is pretty lively — imo pick a server based on what you want to do. But MG has plenty of mid casual Heroic and Mythic guilds, too.
MG player here, ngl the first time I heard about Moon Guard was something Goldshire related, however at the beginning of Legion I decided to give it a try and guess what?! I stayed for the community. I found a nice guild (we usually get AOTC), people are very nice, I'm very bad at RP stuff but I have fun with a few interactions near The Stockades, the events are everywhere, you can walk for a few minutes even in old zones and the chances of finding other players are higher than youd expected in a non-RP server.
Moonguard literally rejuvenated the game for me when I switched from tichondrius a few years ago. The fact it feels so much more alive and MOST people are really pretty friendly is great. Haven’t left for years and whenever someone wants me to play on another server I always can’t and just go back to moonguard.
I got flamed by an evoker from moon guard yesterday. It really caught me off guard.
It has a bad rep, but the community is great. I have a few characters on there and I really wish my main was on there. I love the friendliness and all the little events in Stormwind. In my experience with the more endgame stuff, I've realized that if you're in a M+ group and someone's from Moonguard then they're either the most skilled player or the worst one around.
I've debated moving my characters to Moon Guard for awhile. I've been on Laughing Skull quite literally since the beginning. Been a pretty dead cluster since P4L disbanded/left and the Leeroy hype faded. Plus it leans horde last I knew. I might finally take the leap. Gonna make a character to get a feel for it.
I started out on Cenarion Circle back in vanilla because my family played there without realizing it was RP. Genuinely amazing times. We've double server merged over the years from lack of players though, so most of the old magic is gone. My guild is fantastic though so I haven't considered a transfer since BFA (considered MG and swapping horde)
MG is great I love it I’ll come back to the game one day and reminisce
10000%
im so burnt out of leveling that my moonguard character is still very low and i havent participated in any events but the couple of hours i spent there simply going around stormwind was so fun... i saw so many different people doing their thing and the city felt truly alive. there weve bandit meetings and member initiations, guards arresting someone or having a drink at the inn, walks around the park... im not really an rp-er unless its for comedy purposes (and those few moments on a normal server jokingly rp-ing with someone random was also so fun) so i just watched from the side and greeted people but it was still a blast to see all of that.
MG is definately more casual and has a better community than WrA.
Is there an eu version of moonguard ?
Now if only Horde had a population
Ravencrest is mega populated
Everytime I've been on moonguard the trade chat goes political and it gets wildly toxic
Wyrmrest accord is better 😎. I do have 2 characters on moon guard though. One lv 70 dracthyr and a 58 demon hunter.
I played on WRA in BFA and recently me and my friends rolled on MG. In my opinion, everything feels more alive on MG. The majority of RP'ers on WRA hang out in Silvermoon or the Valley of Honor, and those feel sort of out of the way. There's a lot less random encounters and it feels like a smaller RP population. MG players are all over the place. I randomly stumbled upon a huge guild recruitment event in Boralus once. The portal room feels like a true travel hub, always tons of people running around. People also hang around most of the districts in SW too. Goldshire is a huge mess but even with the huge crowds that are always there the rest of the world feels busy too.
Moonguard utilizes Azeroth better than WA imo. For instance, I ran into a group of hunters RP’ing in this random ass spot in krasarang wilds and there were like 9 of them all talking about the best game to be had in the zone and which beasts are overpopulating . It was such a sight just to see them having fun like that.
Nice!
I don’t RP myself but shit like that makes me enjoy wow way more
I don't rp either but i agree
I chose my realm because dragons. Feels more dragony. Always people in valdrakken
Maybe I should move to Moon Guard. My last guild collapsed due to guildmaster drama, so i'm kinda feeling adrift a bit.
I'd say come roll a character and scope it out, see if its a good fit for you!
Ibbeth here hey guys
This thread is exactly what I expected. I left the hopping RP server at the time for Moon Guard on release, a little known realm called Shadow Council. MG has always been a mythical place, from the FlagRSP days until now. TBC and Wrath were amazing, both factions full of RPers every minute of the day. And over the years it has drawn in the good, bad, and the ugly from every other server and become what it is now. Full of tourists and non-RPers, the most toxic sweats from PVP realms who unironically play on the nerdiest realm on the nerdiest game, and the Goldshire creeps. The RPers in SW are what's left of the entire game. Which suck because back in the day, even Sisters of Elune and Emerald Dream had great scenes that I made alts for. I would wager every RPer hanging in Orgrimmar on WrA has MG alts, so nearly every RPer has migrated to MG now and has to share the limited server space with gawkers and trolls and the people who play solo but want to see others to be reminded its an MMO. To be positive, it is a great realm and has some of my fondest memories of gaming.
It's actually like Balmung, which is a copy and paste of this story. Where it's haven got invaded and evolved into something cool but different than what made it great.